Month: September 2017

WUHAN, China — Unseeded Caroline Garcia of France won her first title of the year Saturday, beating Ashleigh Barty 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the Wuhan Open final. “A title is the best, it’s the best thing you can have in tennis. A big one or a small one, it doesn’t matter,” said Garcia,

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge ranks among the best players in the major leagues, even with struggles that lasted for one-third of the year. His achievements made the 2017 season a great time to be a fan of the power-hitting rookie. Judge won the Home Run Derby. He will almost certainly win American League

Joe Mixon feels like a late bloomer compared to the rest of this year’s impressive rookie running back class. But if you managed to stay patient with him for three whole weeks, it looks like the Cincinnati Bengals are ready to reward you. Mixon dominated the Bengals’ timeshare in Week 3 after they switched from

Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher’s record of five poles at Sepang Lewis Hamilton said he was surprised to take pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix after a difficult weekend. The Briton’s Mercedes team struggled in practice, but he took pole from Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen by 0.045 seconds. Hamilton’s title rival Sebastian Vettel starts last after

The Pakistan Cricket Board has set a “precondition” for its centrally contracted players, by which they have to participate in the National T20 Cup, between November 7 and 17, before they can play in the Bangladesh Premier League and the T20 Global League in South Africa. Pakistan’s domestic T20 tournament runs until November 23 and

Lewis Hamilton said he was looking for a “miracle” after qualifying in fifth for the Singapore Grand Prix. Now it’s Sebastian Vettel’s turn to pray. Following the madness at lights out to hand Hamilton victory in Singapore, Vettel now needs some madness himself to make his way up from the back of the grid at

Spain’s Belen Mozo will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open after a 1-under 71 Saturday helped her hold off challenges from Brooke Henderson of Canada and American Brittany Lincicome. Mozo, who led by five strokes after the second round, had a three-round total of 15-under

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix as rival Sebastian Vettel suffered another blow to his title hopes. Two weeks after Hamilton opened a 28-point lead over the Ferrari driver with victory in Singapore as Vettel crashed out, the German will start last at Sepang. Vettel suffered an engine problem in final

PULLMAN, Wash. — USC‘s season was derailed in a 30-27 loss to Washington State on Friday night, and the Trojans were hit hard by injuries. On Thursday, starting left tackle Toa Lobendahn showed signs of what USC coach Clay Helton called a “skin infection.” He needed IV treatment and did not make the trip. By

Protesters upset with the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black man unfurled a banner at the St. Louis Cardinals‘ home game against the Milwaukee Brewers that read: “Stop Killing Us.” The banner displayed Friday night over the railing in the left-field upper-deck seats had a Cardinals mascot drawn

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting the message from the top that it’s time to return to their usual routine for the national anthem. Team president Art Rooney II told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the team’s well-intended effort to stay out of politics Sunday in Chicago backfired and won’t happen again. The Steelers plan to

Flattening the odds in the NBA’s draft lottery, a change passed Thursday by an overwhelming 28-1-1 vote of team owners, will not end tanking and may not reduce it much. The league knows that; it repeatedly characterized the proposal as “an incremental step” toward more potential tweaks, sources say. The NBA is concerned about egregious

Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says LeBron James‘ tweet that called President Donald Trump a “bum” prompted his phone to be flooded with “vile, disgusting, racist” voicemails that served as an eye-opener for Gilbert as to the state the country is in. “I received voicemails after LeBron tweeted that were some of the most vile,

10:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Dale Earnhardt Jr. has announced that he will retire from the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series after the 2017 season. As the Hendrick Motorsports driver prepares to climb into the race car for

The Duke’s debut The PCB inducted English Duke balls on their premier first-class circuit in a bid to prepare for the two-match Test series in England next year. However, several players – bowlers and batsmen alike – complained about the quality of the ball. According to players, it is ‘extraordinarily hard’ on the bat and

Sep 30, 2017 Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports DOVER, Del. — Jimmie Johnson doesn’t have to win at Dover International Speedway this weekend, but he’s certainly looking forward to going to his happy place. Johnson won for the 11th time at

NFL Nation reporters predict the outcomes and scores for Sunday’s and Monday’s Week 4 games. PickCenter We still don’t know for sure how much to trust the Saints’ defense, since that unit’s big turnaround in Week 3 came against struggling quarterback Cam Newton. But New Orleans should get top cornerback Marshon Lattimore back from a